ERICA petiolata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores terminales, plerumque ternati, sub-erecti. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllus; interius tetraphyllus foliolis longioribus ad basin late ovatis. Corolla campanulata, alba; laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque. Folia terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, crassiuscula, et lucida, petiolis longissimis. Suffrutex pygmæus. Rami patentes. Ramuli numerosi, conferti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly upright. Peduncles very short. Empalement double; the outer three-leaved; the inner four-leaved longer, and broadly egg-shaped at the base. Blossom bell-shaped, and white. The segments are roundish, and spreading. Leaves by threes, spreading, wedge-shaped, broadish, rather thick, and shining, with very long footstalks. It is a dwarfish shrub. Branches spreading. The small branches are numerous, and crowded.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A blossom. 4. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
